Furniture rest or shoe



Oct. 21; 1930. Y G. F. I Ewls 1,773,859

l FURNITURE REST oR sHoE Filed May 1e, 1929 fa] ,2672 A5 I l .I vINVENTR.

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engage within'a hole-inetl furniture leg.

Vprovide a vpin having twojlegswhioh are bent `PateledcI; if

GEORGE E. LEWIS, l0E MoNToLAiR, .NEW JERSEY, fAssIGNoE .'ro'lEoomE, 1.'PIEEsoN las` COMPANSLING., oENEW YORK,N.fY.,*AeoRroEATIoNoENEWYOEK f xf I EAENITUEEEEST on sHoE v- Applicatie@ lined ,may '13, 'reza serialNQ. 3e4,o25. `l

The present Yinvention relatesjto animf- 1 proved furniture rest or shoeand constitutes an improvement upon the constructiondls'- `Infth'econstruotion shown` in said patent` full length and are Aadapted toYfrietlonally'4v ln the present imp'rovementsl propose to outwardlyattwo spaced 'points in 'opposed relation to 'forni lateralenlargements, one,V Of thesepoints. b'eing'adj acent the base, wherebyit has the function of retainingV the base inrelation tothe head Vof thepinwhile theother is at the Vupperend ofvt'hepiiij land'has the Lconneted tothe'soclret. Thelower enlarge- .ment is further' adapted to`vfrict'ionally ygrip withinthe'socketto resist relativ'efpulling andturning movement Aof the pin "therein whilek the two enlargements'oooperateuto position the twistingstrain exerted tilting ofthe base.

'tively retain the device in place.

With the kabove 'andV other ob`ects inf'view,

an Tembodiment of the invention is Lshown inr`r *the k a ccornpanying.drawings, and;v this embodiment will be- 'hereinafter' 'more lfully de`scribed with Areference thereto,andthe inl Yvention will-benallyfpointed;outin the claims.

' In'the 7*.' f; j y '.Fig. k1 is aside 'elevation of" a' .furniture Y iFig. 2'is a perspective Vof grip# neeksocket employed'therewith;;`y Y flFig. Sis aplanv-iewiof 'thfeffrest Tmture leg, and

, Similar 'reference eharactersindicate corfrespon'ding parts throughoutthe several 'iigfuresofth'e drzmrings v1 v rest or shoe, according tothe'presentiembodi nient ofthe invention;r` 'i Fig'g.Ll'is'afvertiea'lsectional view showing theH same mounted" furniture leg within thesocket ina vl`vFig, 5""is ga" similar "view,v` kand 'showing' a agndinVcondition Vbefore assembly '.f Sis.. a View partly 'i'n Ysection,fshoVi/f.` L ingtlie device'as insertedin a hole-ina furj withoutemploying vthe vgrip- '7 ,isa cross sectionalfv'iew thereof,

VvReferring'tti-fille drawings, the furniture j'restVfor vshoe,f*a'ecording to the-"presentiem- "bod'iiiient ofthe invention, fcomprises" I"abase f 11,0, preferably solidan'dfform'ed of balielite or1 other lsuitable' material, having a Lv flat floor 'engaging 'bottoni'-surfaee '11-j`and .an upper jsurfacefin the shape fof ia spherical dome12, annularlyY shouldered at 1 3. 7 Afeentr'al openingle extendsvertically through thebas`e, 11

being restritedms at'l', to'pro'vide ani annular" shoulder, and' beingflared outwardly the pin axially within thejsooketfandresist-l' thereonduring Vvoffa suitable radius to' plrovide: a Curved* seat for the.tilting part` @fthe deviee',land' also'` to l prvide amplefimaterialfvto resist? crushing' stresses between fthe rupper erably 'split'pinpformedv bending'zfwire of substantially' "semi-circular.`cross-section Isurfacelfandf. the i 'l ably used', rests onl'the'denied'l portion12of f the base', andl fis shaped tio-conform thereto,l theedge ofthe-washer being nrmallyspaoed y above the shoulder 13,softhatthe jwasheris 'een i' The Spin, indicated generally as 18,:isprefgjf;

upon -f itself, i a; substantially :circular eye or Y. i

-- looselywithinV the opening'- 111 ofthe base and' i 'have froclring'abutment'- against.y they sheulder' lego y are bent or spread outwardlyjust above the washer, as at 20, forming alat'eral enlargement whichretains the base and washer inV relatio'nito; thehead19-,rand'iurtherprovdes a bottom bearing Yand retaining meanswithinthe' socket, as will presently more fully ap-` pear. The pin isalso bent or'spreadf atv itsV upper end, .as at 21, in axially spacedre1ation.

to the eniargement 20, the'lateralenlargement formed by the bends 2lbeing of substantially the same projection Lwith'frespect.v to theaxisof the pin as the enlargement 20j `Theiupper extremities zof the pin are-bentinwardly 'toward each otheributgareuspaced `z tpartto per- Vmit ofinwardcompression of thetwoglegs, the v straight portions. of the twolegsbeinfg also spaced `apart for this purpose, asolearly catedin-Fig. 1i s Y 1 r The socket "with which employed, is'preferablyof thevgripfneck type,

` .and consists of agcylindrical tube 22, having a Vbottom disk secured`thereto in usual manner, Vand adapted to be secured togthe furniture,yleg, as; by means of peripheral .teeth 24, when the leg is .ofwo-.odcorothermatee rial into which the teeth may be 'd'riven`-` The aspringy upper portion` and'i a.` restricte openingatthe upperendj; Thedrilled hole 2 6 i inthe furniture leg 2-,into which Vthesoeket A, isengaged,*eXtends substantially above the y. upper end ofthesocket,asf'clearly indicated inFigiL The assembled in the' Ipressingthe same intoplace, the enlargement Y, Y2l atthoqupponfend oftherein being oompressed by the tapered portion of` the` socket, so.that it vforms Vay su'bstantiallyrigid wedge- Vlike `-zheadfwhich, upon;furth'e'r inward prese sure,- spreadstliespringportions of thesocket,

permitting the enlargement'to passjthrough tiofns then springrback L t0their normal 1305ition/:formingifa restricting abutment below theenlargement21',y which prevents separation jot v the shoe Vfromthesocket, exceptby. employing considerable voutward pull. The lower en-Y largement 120, in the meantime, is kengaged within thez. lowerV end:of :the ;socket, Ybeing V,slightly -1 compressed, so. that ze theoutward spring` .pressureo'f the pin` is exerted againstl-"gripe-1flecksocketrV The pin iscompressed and friaeveriimefratedfadescfibea a: preferir@ te" made' therein, Within the spint 'aridi 5sopportano Compri, ,rfgilient legportionsfexterided upwardly froli upperportion ofthe tube'issplit lungi tudiual-V i. Y ly atsuitablefpoints,asat 2 5flvan d said upper portion iS'tporodfnverdly,therebyformingbeat'iawa'rcuy teeerdjleah'eth warmly-boot portions L f adapted to-ibex:inserted in v:per ends in angularrelatin tothe flower 1 tion'thereof"tog frmfshouldered flateral pigejecti o n`s,`l movable; fiilvvidly.`and:outwa'rdlyY as, the Mansions ardor/Kefir nd adapted Vto engage the'tubular socket i at the' upperyond I Y omheen@ adopted-Lto tufo los? 'atorrente the substantial axial alignment rofthe pin against twisting'strains exerted l,during the Y tilting action. Y, l

igl"'54 shows aV tilted position', Vit' being understood thatithe legmaybe' tiltediinany 'direction whileathegfshoel:maintains a firm `fiatengagement with the floor.

-nlIui/g-S l haveV shown the. device inserted a hole 2 8 in 'the leg,Without employing the tion, ,but itwillbe obvious thatkchang aseo-fas"de-fined mi@ at @dei claims? Havillgfthus describedzniy i'nveiition,fwhgat ,li-lnfa retainer@ff5 urnituresupporta aid su port 'andi-bentoutwardly inlopfrom:sai-dappointment @wordt irlfpposed".l"ectionsdhearftheir, upper ends inVVV 'shoiildrtd 'enteral' projecties,and being above Said miiyjspacedj resiiienejfieg pe upwardlyV fromyAsaid support amants' near th therebf t0 thereby retain:saidzsupprtwith" een entre e sing lffinwardly and retainer wo@mamparasPr A VV1,778,859

`r resilient yleg portions extended upwardly from Said support and bentoutwardlyin op posed directions atk a point below their up- Y per endsin angular relation to the lower portion thereof to form shoulderedlateral projections, movable inwardly and outwardly, as the leg portionsare iexed andadapted-to engage above said inwardly pr0jeted,retain 1 ingmeans of the tubular socket to thereby retainsaid supportwith respect tosaid tubll- I lar socket. e v 1 Y v l Signed at 160"Duane Street, NewYork, New York, U. S. A., this 7th day of May., 1929. i

GEORGEF. Lmvvis.l

